Back in January 2024 we awarded the High Peak, Tameside and North East Cheshire Winter Pub of the Year award to the Northumberland Arms in Marple Bridge. “The Thumb”, as it is known locally, was then shortlisted for our branch Pub of The Year 2024. It was unanimously judged to be the best pub in our area by all the judges. On the 27th April the pub was very busy as we presented our Pub of the Year certificate.
This is already a special pub in the High Peak, Tameside and North East Cheshire CAMRA branch area. It is the only community owned pub. Originally a Robinson's house it was put up for sale in January 2017. It was successfully listed as an asset of community value. A Community Benefit Society was set up and raised enough money to buy the pub by the end of Sept 2017.
There are 5 handpumps serving 3 or more ales including Track Sonoma and Robinson's Unicorn alongside other, generally local, ales and a dark beer.
The High Peak, Tameside and N.E. Cheshire CAMRA Pub of the Season for Summer 2023 is the Ale Stop on Chapel Street in Buxton.
This former converted wine shop was the first micropub in Buxton and opened nine years ago. The current owner, Richard Andrew, has been there six years and has continued its aim as a good community pub
Although the percentage of our Branch Members submitting scores is higher than the national average, we are keen to increase this further. CAMRA have put together a couple of useful videos, each about 3 minutes long, one explaining why it is important to submit beer scores, and the other explaining how this is done. Members can view these by clicking on the links below.
Please can I encourage Members who try a variety of ales when visiting a pub to submit a score for each beer they try.